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Retail Therapy
A recent meeting in London saw me catching up with a mate whom I hadn’t seen for a few years, and over a few beers the old war stories of the good old days were revisited. We used to work … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Canon G10, christmas, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, research, review, Scottish Region, shopping, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Canon G10, christmas, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, humour, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, shopping
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Move along, Nuthin to see here …
Thats an easy mistake to make. This sort of scene regardless of whether it’s out in the sticks like here or down a back alley in suburbia or ‘downtown’ are easy to wander past without a thought for modelling. But … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Layout, life, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Photography, research, travel, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, diversity, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, life, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, observation, observer, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, travel
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Branch Line Favourites
Tempting though it was to tear open the new Ratio GWR brick built signal box kit thats arrived for review, today I’ve spent an hour or so re-glasing a Hornby GWR Autocoach. Like some of the kits I’m disposing of … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Branch Line, brassmasters, canon, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, Nevard, New Radnor, OO Gauge, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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The Kit Now Departing …
The kit now departing is one of a batch of models of various scales and genres that simply put I won’t get around to building. Not only do I have a number of railway kits that come into that category … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, brassmasters, Canon G10, copyright, Eastern Region, Exhibition, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, library, life, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, paint, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Hobby, Hornby, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, Railway Modeller, tranny
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The Train Now Arriving …
The train now arriving is unusual for me, because its come out of red boxes, rather than blue. Today the Thompson Suburban coaches made by Hornby are hitting the doormats, and the example here is one of the first that … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Ian Futers, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, review, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, photography, Railway Modeller, suburban, Thompson
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Balancing Act
This week I’ve had both Albion Yard and Bawdsey up for a digital meejah project. It’s been interesting doing a compare and contrast between the two layouts and styles. They have similar footprint dimensions but have a very different execution … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, book, Branch Line, British Rail, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, Scottish Region, Southern Region, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, Branch Line, Canon, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, photography, Railex, Railway Modeller
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Canada Post
Well, its not a post about Canada Post but its a post about Canada. I’ve spent a bit of time on and off in Canada and its one of my favourite countries. Canada has always been deeply etched into the … Continue reading
Posted in Airfix, Bachmann, Branch Line, brassmasters, British Rail, canada, canon, Chris Nevard, DCC, dcc sound, Eastern Region, Forest of Dean, GNR, Great Western, hobbies, Hornby, humour, Kalmbach, Layout, life, LMS, LNER, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, Modelling, music, Narrow Gauge, OO Gauge, Photography, Railex, research, review, Scottish Region, Southern Region, travel, Uncategorized, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
Tagged accoustic, Bachmann, Canada, Canon, Dawn and Marra, Festival of Friends, Hamilton, HO, Hornby, Layout, live music, Model Railroad, Model Railway, music, nevard, OO, Railex, Railway Modeller, Rapido, The Canadian, travel, x factor
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Goodbye ‘Northlander’
By 7:15pm today the Northlander will have completed its last run, and the ‘Near North’ will have lost another community link to be replaced by bus services. Image of 1805 courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/sean marshall
Posted in 2012, Branch Line, canon, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Nevard, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, Canada, HO, legacy, Ontario, Ontario Northlander, sustainability
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